How Can She Compare to Her Warm Lotus Drapes?

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Yu Zhaozhao was raised by her family in a secluded paradise for thirteen years. She grew into a beautiful, innocent, and carefree young woman, with a radiant jade-like face and a springtime smile she didn't even know she had.

At fifteen, she returned to the capital. She won first place at the Flower Festival, making her famous across the city in an instant.

Unfortunately, the Yu family's fortunes soon fell, and half their world came crashing down.

They happened to learn that Shen Can, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, had a private fortune large enough to rival a kingdom. So the family decided to offer Yu Zhaozhao to the sickly war god Shen Can.

Once he passed away, the young madam would be free to leave with his money.

Yu Zhaozhao touched her neck. "I heard the war god ties people's heads to his waist and kicks them around like balls... I'm scared!"

Her family waved a hand. "Don't worry. He's bedridden now. The war god is about to become the god of death."

Yu Zhaozhao covered her eyes. "I heard he's been shot so full of holes he's like a sieve... How ugly!"

Her family lamented, "What's there to fear from a half-dead man? Better that than our own house being smashed to pieces."

Remembering how her parents and elders had loved and raised her, Zhaozhao gritted her teeth and agreed.

On her wedding day, Yu Zhaozhao sat in the bridal sedan with red-rimmed eyes.

Amid the wedding music, passersby heard a dirge: "So what if the war god has risen in rank? He may take it, but he'll never live to enjoy it. He's on his last legs and can't even produce an heir to inherit his title. What a pity that a lovely flower can only be planted on a grave."

Everyone waited to laugh as the capital's greatest beauty wilted from a fresh flower into yesterday's bloom...

One year later

A spectator pointed at the man beside Yu Zhaozhao. "Since when did the capital's greatest beauty acquire such a handsome, graceful man?"

Three years later

A spectator asked, "Weren't we told the war god would come back from the dead by being watered by a lovely flower and sucking out her life force? Why does Yu Zhaozhao look even more radiant than she did before she married?"

As they waited, Shen Can brought every beautiful thing in the world before Yu Zhaozhao and built her another secluded paradise...

For the first fourteen years of her life, Zhaozhao thought whatever her family said was the truth.

After meeting Shen Can, Zhaozhao understood that she should be the most important person in her own world.

Sometimes you happen to meet someone who wants to make you part of his world. No matter how unruly or imperfect you are, he'll treasure you all the same.

[Bonus Scene]

One day, Zhaozhao discovered mysterious bruises on her body. Tears started streaming down her face. "No wonder everyone says you're sucking out my life force. You've drained all my organs. I'm going to die, sob!"

Shen Can kissed her eyes. "Think carefully. Which one of us is sucking out whose life force?"

Everyone is a native of the historical setting

Marriage first, love later

Both leads are virgins

Written on 2021/07/19, screenshot saved

Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the sun and keep moving forward